Gregar Typho

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Gregar Typho was the nephew of Captain Panaka and the bodyguard of Padmé Amidala during the Separatist Crisis and the Clone Wars. He attended many of the same offworld training academies as his uncle and fought under Panaka's command in the Battle of Naboo, where he lost his left eye.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references 6 External links

[edit] Biography

When Padmé Amidala stepped down from the Naboo throne, Typho was assigned to serve as her Head of Security during her reign as Senator of the Chommell Sector. Though many accused Typho of having used his familial connections to gain such an illustrious position, what they did not realize was that the decision was not Panaka's to make.

Shortly before the Clone Wars, Amidala became victim to a series of assassination attempts on Coruscant. One such attempt occurred during the Senator's arrival on the planet. Had Typho not suggested Amidala disguise herself as a pilot and fly an escort starfighter alongside the Royal Cruiser, Amidala would have surely perished (as her decoy Cordé did) when the Cruiser was engulfed in flames on the landing platform.

After this attempt, Typho welcomed the help of two Jedi—Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker—in protecting Amidala, though this by no means stopped the assassination attempts. Following the second attempt, the Jedi Council and the Supreme Chancellor ordered Padmé to travel back to Naboo disguised as a refugee, accompanied by Skywalker. Typho reluctantly stayed behind, though he understood that it was for the best.

During the Clone Wars Typho was a constant presence at the side of Senator Amidala, accompanying her whether it was on her yacht or her apartments on both Coruscant and Naboo. Though he, like handmaidens Ellé and Moteé, knew of Padmé's marriage to Jedi Anakin Skywalker, he vowed to keep it a secret. His uncle, Panaka, was not so loyal, and informed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the matter immediately.

Four months into the Clone Wars, Typho accompanied Senator Amidala and Jedi Master Yoda on a rescue mission to Ilum. Typho was adamant that the Senator remain on course and not deviate to Ilum, but the Jedi Master was able to persuade Typho to change his mind.^[2]

Typho remained in Amidala's service to defend the Senator against assassination attempts both on Naboo and Coruscant. Following the end of the Clone Wars, a distraught Amidala decided to travel to Mustafar unaccompanied to interrogate her husband with regards to the rise of the Galactic Empire and his supposed massacre of Knights and Younglings in the Jedi Temple. Typho attempted to go with her, but Padmé insisted on traveling with only her protocol droid C-3PO to protect her. The next time Typho saw her was at her funeral.

Typho remained with the Naboo security force, working in Keren. He was no friend of the Empire, (unlike his Moff-to-be Uncle) and didn't believe the reports that Padmé had been killed by the Jedi. He worked to set up a spy network to keep an eye on the Imperial occupation, even as the Empire sought to spy on Naboo Royal Security. Months after Amidala's death, Typho would be called upon to assist Ferus Olin in his plan to catch Inquisitor Malorum, and to, at least temporarily, remove the Imperial presence on Naboo. While Ferus fought Malorum, Clive Flax and Trever Flume went to work on setting up the Imperial explosives cache to explode and destroy both the Theed Hangar and Imperial headquarters, Typho, with the assistance of the Erased, fought the stormtrooper garrison in the streets of Theed.

Typho was in love with Senator Amidala. After the war, he vowed to find out who killed her. His only lead was that she had traveled to Mustafar to meet with Anakin Skywalker. Typho therefore decided to journey to Coruscant to look for him.

[edit] Behind the scenes

Typho was played by Jay Laga'aia in the movies, and voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the Clone Wars cartoon.

His first name was unpublished for four years, since his first appearance in Attack of the Clones (2002), until publication of The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo (2006).

[edit] Appearances

•  BREAKING NEWS: Amidala Alive—HoloNet News Vol. 531 56 (Picture only)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
• Clone Wars Chapter 15
• Clone Wars Chapter 16
• Another Fine Mess
• Spy Girls
• Labyrinth of Evil
• Clone Wars Chapter 23
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
• The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo (First identified as Gregar)
• Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (Mentioned only)

[edit] Sources

•  Captain Typho in the Databank
•  "TCG: Attack of the Clones" - Star Wars Trading Card Game (Card: Captain Typho)
• Star Wars Insider 57
• Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
• The New Essential Guide to Characters
• The Official Star Wars Fact File
• Star Wars Miniatures: Clone Strike
• Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
• Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
• Threats of the Galaxy

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Captain Typho on Wikipedia